After the work that went into the last post, and the amazing response from you guys (Thank you so much!), I thought this would be a perfect time to offer you a giveaway, and so did my new sponsor Rugs USA.

They let me pick my favorite rug to give away to you all, and like I’ve said before, far be it from me to deprive my readers of free stuff! Especially before the holidays when rooms need zhushing up and wallets are emptying daily.

I scoured the RUGS USA site, and found many awesome rugs for your consumption, and at really great prices. Shags, animal prints and hides… very on trend stuff happening over there.

I pulled together a few of my favorite rugs in order to highlight their awesomeness by portraying them in their natural habitats: and by that I mean fashion to room moodboards! What else?!?!

LET’S BEGIN:

First and most importantly I chose the most classic of all possible trends, the leopard print, which has been around for ages and never looks old. Leopard is having a particularly awesome MOMENT right now. I even used a leopard print rug wall to wall in a project I did for my in laws HERE! I love leopard because its genderless, its somehow both feminine and masculine and also really sexy, but elegant. Leopard print is the jack of all trades! Plus its multi tonal so it matches a lot of different colors… Like I said, leopard is having a moment. Embrace it by winning this actual rug! YAY!

Next I chose this Berber rug (HERE, less than $500 for a 5′ x 7′!!)… made famous by Jenna Lyons in her now for sale Brooklyn townhouse. A Berber rug is like a shag rug and a Madeline Weinrib rug mated and had a little design baby… its soft and gushy, and yet it also packs the visual punch of a graphic print!

And last, the ever popular and black and white chevron, as seen in a room by Jonathan Adler below.(HERE, $320 for an 8′ x 10′) It’s poppy, its fun and you just CANNOT be sad in a room with a chevron rug. In yesterday’s post, Caroline used a huge Chevron rug to ground the different areas in her living room and it looked AWESOME!

OK!!! So to win the leopard rug…. Follow Rugs USA on Twitter or Facebook, and leave a comment below telling me how much you love leopard, and berber and whatever else you want…. or yea… just leave a comment! And does it go without saying that you should all be following me on twitter and Facebook too? Although, I warn ya, I tweet a lot.

I will pick the winner next week!!! Good luck everyone!

UPDATE:

QUESTION: Would you all prefer the berber? EVERY comment has been about the berber! I chose the leopard for you, but maybe our friends over at RUG USA will let us swap it for the berber? LET ME KNOW IN THE COMMENTS!!!

Comments

Fab giveaway! I could definitely have some fun with the leopard rug! The berber is definitely in my dreams though – imagine how soft it would be squishing between your toes…
Now following RugsUSA on FB :)

J’adore leopard! I even chose leopard and pale lavender as my baby girl’s “signature” colors..Her stroller, blanket, booties…all tastefully done in touches of leopard and lavender…tres chic. BTW- She is 11 now, and i miss the opportunity to accessorize her from head to toe…althugh she does a really good job at it, watch out NYC stylists!
Wishfully dreaming- Jean Louise

Holy crapsticks…you know that I LOVE leopard maybe more than anyone else in the world…well OK…there are other people who adore it like I do…yourself included…but I do really, really love it so please, please pick me!!!!! I have the perfect spot for that beauty of a rug all figured out. Adore the berber too but the leopard definitely has my heart. AMAZING giveaway!!!!

I’m crazy about the Beni Ouarain berber. I’m thisclose to convincing my boyfriend to upgrade his sisal (shudder) for it. I even marched him into BG last weekend to see it in the men’s store. It’s just neutral enough that the relative trendiness of the design will be completely lost on him. It’s great to see it at this price point!

I’m new to your blog….totally digging it. Great giveaway too. I love the Berber rug. I’m really into texture right now. I’m redoing my bedroom and trying to romance/sex it up….berber rug would fit just perfectly.

Berber all the way! Although, my idea of berber is something very different…like a tight looped weave is what I think of when I think of berber. That looks way more Flokati-ish to me. But whatever it is, I totally love it!

I love leopard. It is one of the most classic patterns. I would be thrilled to win that rug as we are just starting the overhaul of my studio and it would be fantastic in there! It’s the right about of spunk and feminine for me!

Ok, I DESPERATELY need the Bereber rug or the leopard for my dining room. My wood floors are sad and bare in there! How much more luxurious would my books and moulding on the wall seem with one of these rugs anchoring them? I of course follow YOU on twitter and facebook and now follow RUGS USA on both!

BERBER!! I just love your blog, you are so enthusiastic and always-always posting new and interesting things – Thank you. I truly appreciate all the effort you put into this blog and having new posts to read daily (sometimes multiple times daily!!) is just fantastic. It has been fun to follow your adventures!

BERBER ALL THE WAY!I’ve always wanted one of those rugs but didn’t know there was a less expensive alternative. Thanks Nicole! You are one of my every-day reads, you’re always on the cutting edge of what’s cool! Thanks for your super posts! (Also, winning this rug would really make our living room a great place to hang out :) )

i need the berber rug. but i also need the leopard rug. i will be happy with either.
and i will take pictures of it and blog about it forever. and tweet about it a million times.
i already follow you on twitter. so now i will go and follow rugs usa.
gimme the rug.

I just discovered your blog today… and I capital L.O.V.E it! If it’s not too late, I’d love to enter the contest! And yep, I’m a Berber fan. I think my (male) roommates might strangle me if I put down leopard in our living room… then again, they did give me free reign! ♥